Moroccan news has recently been marked by what the press calls the OMAR RADI affair. To tell the truth, these are three cases and not one. First case On April 6, 2019 Omar Radi posted a tweet in which he evokes the following “LAHCEN TOLFI judge of the court of appeal executioner of our brothers […]
Month: July 2020
Full Text of King Mohammed VI’s 21st Throne Day Speech
King Mohammed VI delivered, on Wednesday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the Sovereign’s accession to the throne of his glorious ancestors. Here follows the full text of the royal speech: “Praise be to God, May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet, His Kith and Kin Dear […]
King Mohammed VI Orders Probe on Sanctions Against Hydrocarbon Companies
Here follows a statement by the Royal Office: “HM the King received on Thursday July 23, 2020 a note from the President of the Competition Council relating to the Council’s decision on possible agreements between the oil companies and the Petroleum Grouping of Morocco. In this note, the President brings to the Very High Attention […]
Human Rights: Nearly a Thousand Sahrawi NGOs Welcome an Area of Freedom Governed by a Credible Institutional and Legal Framework
A total of 925 Sahrawi NGOs active in the fields of human rights and development in the Moroccan Sahara have underlined the “normal character” of the situation of human rights in the southern provinces, welcoming “an area of freedom” governed by an evolving and credible institutional and legal framework. “As Sahrawi organizations operating freely on […]
Covid-19: Oxford business group analyzes the mobilization of Moroccan industry
In collaboration with the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Investments and Exports (AMDIE), the economic intelligence firm Oxford business group publishes a report highlighting the general mobilization of Moroccan industry in the face of the pandemic. The strong actions of the Moroccan private sector in the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and in […]
Attorney General Dismisses Amnesty Report as Fundamentally Flawed
Addis Ababa july 18/2020 (ENA)/ The Federal Attorney General dismissed the Amnesty International report issued in May 2020 under the title “Beyond Law Enforcement: Human Rights Violations by Ethiopian Security Forces in Amhara and Oromia” as fundamentally flawed. In a statement it sent to ENA today, the Attorney General said it had formed a committee […]
European Parliament reacts to Tindouf Camps aid scandal: DEVE and CONT involved and MEP’s declarations
The Budgetary Control and Development Committees of the European Parliament are both actively involved in investigating the case of the Misappropriation of Humanitarian Aid to the Tindouf refugee camps in Southern Algeria, as reported in EUToday last week. A source within the European Parliament, speaking on strict condition of anonymity, confirmed last week that “the […]
Amnesty International’s espionage charges against Morocco are unfounded
Amnesty International’s charges of espionage against Morocco are unfounded, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, stressing that the Kingdom accuses this organization of ” failing in the duty of neutrality and objectivity ”. “Far from being in a dynamic of dialogue, they carried out a real media […]
Espionage: Amnesty International Dismissed in Omar Radi Case for Lack of Evidence
Washington – Amnesty International (AI), which filed a complaint seeking to prohibit the Israeli cybersecurity company “NSO Group” from exporting its technology abroad, has been dismissed for “lack of evidence” in the Omar Radi case, international media reported on Monday. An Israeli judge in Tel Aviv District Court said in her ruling released on Monday […]
the necessary audit of the humanitarian aid of the European Union to the sequestrated of Tindouf
A motion for a resolution to audit Polisario’s use of European humanitarian aid since 2015 was submitted to the President of the European Parliament on Thursday 9 July. Presented by several MEPs from various EU member states, the motion for a resolution calls on the European Union to work jointly with the United Nations to […]